This was different than some of Roald Dahl’s other short stories - it isn’t well-known because it was only written specifically for the Dyslexia Institute. It’s about a vicar who has dyslexia, but it manifests as “back to front” dyslexia when he speaks. For example he doesn’t realize that instead of saying “God”, he is saying “Dog”. And instead of saying “park”, he is saying “krap”. It’s a bit more potty-humored (like Captain Underpants), and it has a lot of pastoral/church-y language that my kids wouldn’t understand. It wasn’t my favorite because it seemed rushed and it just doesn’t fit in well with his others.

I didn't know about this book until just recently - some fun wordplay/s here and a nice message, backed up by the decision to donate the book's publishing to the cause (dyslexia). I guess it came out just after my first wave of reading Roald Dahl's books for children and I never picked it up on the second pass. (Am grateful then for libraries).

This was a very silly story. Dahl's last story is a classic.

This was a Roald Dahl work I was unfamiliar with, so when I came across it I had to read it. It was middle-of-the-road Dahl, silly and fun but not a top tier work of his.

Entertaining, but very short. It will raise a smile, but it's not going to be revered like some of Dahl's other works, as there's really nothing to it. It's a nice idea, and it is funny (although for a slightly older audience than his usual stories with Blake's illustrations), but there isn't much depth to it. I do think if there was a bit more to it, it could have been great, but when you've got only a dozen or so pages it's hard to make anything really wonderful.
I will say that Blake's forward at the start of the book, explaining its origin and eulogising the author, was illuminating. Knowing the backstory to a book can add something to it's worth, which I think is the case here. It might not be his best work, as I've said above, but it was written for a wonderful reason and that, at least, is to be lauded.

Este cuento no tiene la mala leche que rezuma normalmente la obra de Dahl, pero no deja de ser divertido y tierno (además de ir muy bien acompañado de las ilustraciones de Blake)

I laugh out loud all the way through this funny illustrated short story. I've loved this little book for years. Just the perfect amount of innocent vulgarity to make kids laugh and laugh. A great read-aloud, too.

Very silly and funny short story I enjoyed reading.

Un vicario davvero particolare arriva in una cittadina molto cattolica. La sua particolarità però lo metterà a dura prova infatti molte volte, soprattutto quando prova molta ansia, incomincia a parlare in modo strano. Infatti il vicario modifica il significato delle frasi oppure crea L’anagramma di alcune parole senza farlo apposta.

Non avevo mai letto nulla di quest’autore ed ero davvero curioso di leggere qualcosa di quest’autore molto amato e devo dire che ho adorato il suo genio. In questa storia ci troviamo davanti a un vicario che per via di una sorta di dislessia parla in modo buffo e Roald Dahl riesce a creare da questo personaggio un racconto spassoso. Il racconto risulta divertente anche per chi come me non è più nel target di rifermento di Roald Dahl. Questo perché lo scrittore non scrive una storia banalotta per bambini, ma costruisce una storia che coinvolge tutti i lettori e che li fa sorridere come dei bambini.

I disegni di Quentin Blake poi sono davvero caratteristici e gli ho apprezzati nonostante non mi siano piaciuti molto come stile di disegno. Credo che “Il vicario, cari voi” sia il mio libro di questo autore che ho prediletti maggiormente. In conclusione vi consiglio questo libro perché vi farete delle grosse risate, ma soprattutto è una lettura leggera perfetta da leggerlo sia d’estate, ma anche in inverno sotto una copertina calda una cioccolata fumante. Insomma è un libro super promosso!

This was a very short and sweet book from Roald Dahl about a vicar who as a child suffered with dyslexia, and due to his nerves about starting in a new parish finds himself jumbling up his words and not making very much sense at all, which is not particularly helpful at the best of times but especially not when you’re a vicar.

All in all, it’s a relatively inoffensive story that is quite fun to read and perfect to read as a bedtime story for younger readers. And I think it actually is the last children’s story by Dahl that I had on my tbr so that’s quite sweet.

I read this with my son for homeschool. I remember this book from my own childhood. Though shorter than what I remembered, it was hilarious.

This short Roald Dahl story was published post-humously. The book was written for the Dyslexia Institute. Both Dahl and the illustrator, Quentin Blake, offered: "the donation of all rights, world-wide, for the period of the copyright." About Dahl and this book, Blake wrote it was "a landmark of both his concern for people and his passionate belief in the importance of reading."